Re: /home/user/var
Doesn't look like that would make the files any easier to handle. The first
idea was to clean up the home-directory. Now that translator just adds even
more file names. In my experience, having one piece of information
accessible in two different places may be useful, but it always adds a
little bit to confusion. (That's a danger of translators in general, I
think.)
With symbolic links, you usually can make out where the file is originated.
With dozens of different translators spread throughout the filesystem, it
may become a major task to get an idea of the filesystem layout on a system.
On Tue, May 23, 2000 at 09:19:12AM +0200, Stefan Karrmann wrote:
> Create a translator, e.g. config-files, that sits on the home directory of a user
> (if he installed it) and identifies files .foorc with ~/etc/foorc or something the
> user likes.
>
> E.g. settrans ~ config-files --var=~/var --etc=~/etc
> or settrans ~ config-files --etc=~/.etc
>
> That's translators are invented for.
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